Finally, the board has decided to launch the votes solicitation to amend the master deed to permit wood flooring. This time, they are being helped by realtors to improve the marketing efforts and will post posters in the mail rooms to recruit volunteers to follow up with people. Sounds like a good plan.

A friend of mine bought down there a year ago and found out he could not install wood floors. I couldn't really understand why not because all the floors in every building were poured concrete so there should not be any noise increase.

This is not the first time there has been an effort to make this change.

Here's the problem...such a change to the bylaws requires 2/3 of the owners to vote in favor. Since I don't think we ever get anywhere close to 50% of owners to vote on anything (let alone vote the same way), it has always been mathematically impossible to make a change to the bylaws.

I'd love to see it work, but if I've learned anything from living here for the past 8 years, it's that this will not pass.

A friend of mine bought down there a year ago and found out he could not install wood floors. I couldn't really understand why not because all the floors in every building were poured concrete so there should not be any noise increase.

I live in a different complex with poured concrete. I also live below an apartment with wood floors. Unless you are barefoot, walk quietly, never drop or move anything on the floor, etc., there is great amount of sound increase. Add child(ren) to the mix - it intensifies.

I live in a different complex with poured concrete. I also live below an apartment with wood floors. Unless you are barefoot, walk quietly, never drop or move anything on the floor, etc., there is great amount of sound increase. Add child(ren) to the mix - it intensifies.

This is not the first time there has been an effort to make this change.

Here's the problem...such a change to the bylaws requires 2/3 of the owners to vote in favor. Since I don't think we ever get anywhere close to 50% of owners to vote on anything (let alone vote the same way), it has always been mathematically impossible to make a change to the bylaws.

I'd love to see it work, but if I've learned anything from living here for the past 8 years, it's that this will not pass.

If we support, we should all volunteer ourselves to reach out to people who wouldn't otherwise care to submit their votes. We can knock on people's doors to encourage them to send in their votes.